Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 586 The Only Way Out
In many people's minds, the Greenwich meteorite belt that separates the northern and southern Alpha galaxies is a long and narrow area full of small celestial bodies.

Obviously, this understanding is very superficial.

The Southern Alpha Galaxy and the Northern Alpha Galaxy were originally a star system, similar to the Milky Way, but tens of thousands of times larger than the Milky Way.The area where the Greenwich meteorite belt is located was originally a huge black hole that stabilized the entire star system through its majestic gravity.Billions of years ago, a catastrophe struck, and the black hole collapsed due to its mass, eventually forming this region full of celestial bodies, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.However, this is not the narrow and long area that people know.In terms of scope, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is similar to the Southern Alpha Galaxy and the Northern Alpha Galaxy, occupying about [-]% of the Gemini star system.

Simply put, the Greenwich meteorite belt is [-]% the size of the Southern Alpha galaxy.

It's just that there are no stars in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and there are no stellar systems. There are only a large number of scattered small celestial bodies that move in disorder.

These celestial bodies are actually the products of the collapse of black holes.

In addition, there are still many unknown areas in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.According to scientists' speculation, after the central black hole that originally maintained the star system collapsed, only about [-]% of its mass was transformed into small celestial bodies in the Greenwich Belt, and the rest of the mass disappeared.Although some of it is converted into energy when the black hole collapses, that is, the ubiquitous primordial energy, some of it must not be converted, and after billions of years of evolution, the scattered matter will recombine to form a massive mass. of celestial bodies.Because there are no visible large celestial bodies in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, scientists believe that these large celestial bodies are invisible black holes.

As for how many black holes there are in the Greenwich meteorite belt, and where they are, no one knows.

In fact, this is the key to why no one wants to enter the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.

For thousands of years, during the five Greenwich Wars, the two sides rarely fought in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.Whether it is the Silicon Magic Alliance that launched an offensive on its own initiative, or the Galactic Alliance that launched a counterattack after victory, they all rely on a few known routes to cross the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.Although both sides have established strongholds on the route to ensure the safety of the route, they have not explored areas beyond the route.Except that the Greenwich meteorite belt is indeed too vast, there are not many resources available, and it is also related to those black holes that no one knows where.The result of this is that neither side of the war knows the Greenwich meteorite belt, at least not in depth.

Of course, the Human Federation is no exception.

Although the home galaxy is just south of the Greenwich meteorite belt, for thousands of years, human beings have rarely stepped into the Greenwich meteorite belt.In the previous five Greenwich Wars, the Human Legion only crossed the Greenwich Meteorite Belt once, which was the last war.Even in the battle to counterattack the Northern Alpha galaxy, the human legion passed through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt with the support of the Hidden Eldar.

This time is no exception.

Although in the last Greenwich War, the Human Federation mastered several routes to the Northern Alpha Galaxy through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, but the situation in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is unpredictable, and after a thousand years, no one can guarantee these routes Still unimpeded.

Fortunately, the arrival of Amy and Barnes helped Yang Yi solve this problem.

It must be admitted that the intelligence agencies of the Hidden Eldar are indeed extremely powerful.What Barnes brought was not a route, but a vast network of waterways.

How big is this channel network?
Although Yang Yi does not know the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, it can be seen from the route map provided by Barnes that the channel network opened by the Hidden Spirits covers almost the entire Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and the area near the route has been explored. The size, mass, shape, approximate position and movement mode of the main celestial bodies are marked.In other words, Yang Yi can not only pass through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, but also establish a forward base on the large celestial bodies along the way.Some large celestial bodies can even be transformed into space fortresses if desired.Of course, this is not something Yang Yi needs to consider now, because he doesn't have the troops to garrison the space fortress.

However, Yang Yi has reservations about the selfless support provided by the Hidden Spirit Race.

Although there are enough reasons to believe that no matter how cold-blooded and ruthless the Heavenly Sage Emperor is, he would not risk his own son and daughter.Amy stayed in the home galaxy, and Barnes followed Yang Yi on an expedition. If something happened to Yang Yi, Barnes' ending would not be much better.But Yang Yi didn't think he could sit back and relax about such a good thing, and he never believed that his luck would be so good.

After the fleet set off, Yang Yi asked Yuyang to send an unmanned detector.

Regarding Yang Yi's methodical approach, Barnes didn't say much.In fact, there are similar regulations in the Legion of the Hidden Spirit Race, that is, a comprehensive exploration must be carried out before going to an unknown area, and the space jump can only be performed after the destination is determined.

The unmanned detector carries quantum communication equipment, and after arriving at the destination, it will detect the nearby area and send back the detected information in real time.If the destination is at risk, then only the unmanned probes are lost, not the entire fleet.

In the previous few space jumps, there were no accidents.

Of course, this does not mean that there will be no accidents in the future.

Don't forget that the Greenwich meteorite belt is extremely extensive.According to the route map provided by the Hidden Spirits, the north-south width of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt exceeds 15 light-years, which is equivalent to three times the long diameter of the Southern Alpha Galaxy.Even for the shortest route, the voyage is more than [-] light-years.With such a long distance, even the Flowing Shadow Ship has to make hundreds of space jumps, so this is a very short and extremely long journey.

After completing the tenth space jump, the fleet has traveled about two thousand light-years.

Here, Yang Yi made the fleet stop for the first time.

In fact, the distance traveled by the fleet is not too far, and it is still in the southern area of ​​the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.There is only one reason why Yang Yi asked the fleet to stay here, that is, there is a planet with a diameter of more than [-] kilometers, and a stronghold to support transport spacecraft can be established here.

Because it is only a temporary base, its main purpose is to provide a landing place for the spacecraft that transports materials, and to serve as a transfer station for materials when necessary, so the construction work is not troublesome. With Carlson and the large-scale engineering equipment provided by the Yu family, it also takes a lot of money. Not much time.

However, Yang Yi's request to Carlson is not so simple.

What Yang Yi asked for was not just a material transfer station, but also a solid fortress that could be defended.According to Yang Yi, no one knows what will happen in the future, and no one knows whether they can gain a firm foothold in the Northern Alpha Galaxy.If all goes well with the expedition, that's fine.The problem is, if things don't go as planned, you have to do extra preparations before you encounter setbacks.

Obviously, Yang Yi had prepared for the worst.

To put it simply, if after entering the Northern Alpha Galaxy, they are counterattacked by the Silicon Demon army with all their strength, and fail to gain a firm foothold, or even suffer a disastrous defeat, then they have to retreat, or at least disengage from the enemy.At this time, a strong fortress is of decisive significance.

In fact, this is also the core part of Yang Yi's expedition plan.

That is, before entering the Northern Alpha galaxy, build a large number of fortress-level fortresses along the way, relying on these fortresses to consolidate the strategic route through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, so as to ensure that the life route is unimpeded.Even if the expedition goes well, these fortresses can provide a foothold for subsequent troops.After all the fortresses along the way are established, Yang Yi has not only a strategic route, but a wide area.In other words, Yang Yi intends to use the fortress built on the route to control the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.After the completion of these fortresses, the human legion commanded by Yang Yi can advance and retreat and defend. Not only can they take the initiative in the war, but they can also get rid of their dependence on other forces.

Obviously, this is also the fundamental purpose of Yang Yi's active leadership of the expedition to the Northern Alpha Galaxy.

Not to mention Yang Yi, even Xiao Wentian would not be so arrogant as to think that the Human Federation could defeat the mighty Silicon Demon Alliance with the support of the Zhixing Clan.You must know that even if all the civilizations of the Milky Way Alliance unite, they may not be able to defeat the Silicon Magic Alliance.The expedition to the Northern Alpha Galaxy was nominally to lead the war through proactive counterattacks, but as top civilizations such as the Leiling Clan and the Yinling Clan successively sent troops to join the war, even if Yang Yi could win the counterattack and win the title of Star Soul Queen support, it is impossible to become the master of this war.In addition, after the scale of the war expands, even if Yang Yi is unwilling, he must rely on the support of other civilizations.At this time, even if the Queen of Star Soul came forward in person, she could only choose to compromise, so as to gain the support and assistance of the top civilizations such as the Leiling Clan and the Hidden Spirit Clan.It can be seen that the counterattack led by Yang Yi cannot bring the initiative, at most it can only maintain the current situation.

Under such circumstances, Yang Yi still actively advocates launching a strategic counterattack in order to open up a new world.

The point is, in Yang Yi's view, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is the only way out for the Human Federation.

Although there are not many resources in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and there are not many planets for human beings to live on, as long as they have a firm foothold here, as long as they become a force that can influence the strength of the two major alliances, as long as they can decide between peace and war, human beings will can survive here.

Perhaps, Yang Yi is not the first person to think of this, but he must be the first to take action.

For thousands of years, the Human Federation has not been taken seriously, at least it has not received the respect and treatment it deserves.Continuing to stay in the Galactic Federation will not only make it difficult for the Human Federation to develop and grow, but will even suffer catastrophe when it poses a threat to a certain top civilization one day in the future.If the Federation of Humanity wants to develop and grow, if it wants to become a force not to be underestimated by anyone, it has to break away from the Galactic Federation.

Although the future is uncertain, Yang Yi is full of confidence.

It's not an option, it's the only way out.

(End of this chapter)